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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 624

Joris FIORITI

Armenian refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh are seen in the center of the town of Goris on September 30, 2023 before being evacuated in various Armenian cities. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/AFP)
October 2, 2023, 11:01 pm
Israel among Armenia’s geopolitical concerns after Nagorno-Karabakh collapse
The fall of the breakaway statelet could shift the balance of power in the region
By Joris FIORITI
Leader of the People's Mujahedin of Iran Maryam Rajavi (R), former US Vice President Mike Pence (C) and his wife Karen Pence (L) pose for a photograph as they tour an exhibition inside of Ashraf-3 camp, a base for the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK), in the Albanian town of Manza, on June 23, 2022. Gent Shkullahu/AFP)
July 2, 2023, 2:44 am
Pence, former British PM Truss slam Western ‘appeasement’ at Iran opposition rally
Thousands of People’s Mujahedin supporters rally outside Paris; American ex-VP says ‘this is not just another protest but the beginning of a revolution for freedom’
By Joris FIORITI and Stuart Williams
Trucks part of an earthquake aid convoy cross from Turkey into rebel-held north Syria through the Bab al-Salama crossing on February 14, 2023, after it reopened for UN relief. (Bakr Alkasem/AFP)
February 14, 2023, 10:10 pm
New aid route to rebel-held north Syria opens as quake toll nears 40,000
11 United Nations trucks enter via Bab al-Salama border point, after Damascus agrees for crossing to be used for aid
By Joris FIORITI, Greg Walton and Bakr al-Kassem
Rescue teams continue to search for victims and survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria earlier in the week, in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, February 13, 2023. (Ozan Kose/AFP)
February 14, 2023, 5:30 am
Search for survivors winds down as Turkey-Syria quake death toll hits 35,000
Rescue teams turn focus to humanitarian disaster, as international pariah Assad allows more aid to rebel-held areas and estimated 5 million Syrians left homeless
By Fulya Ozerkan, Joris FIORITI and Maher Al Mounes
People stand on top of rubble of collapsed buildings during rescue operations after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria last week, in Hatay, Turkey, February 12, 2023. (BULENT KILIC/AFP)
February 13, 2023, 11:46 am
In miracle rescues, survivors pulled from rubble a week after Turkey-Syria quake
7-year-old boy, 62-year-old woman saved from collapsed buildings, as more than 32,000 Turks, over 8,000 international workers participate in search and rescue efforts
By Fulya Ozerkan, Joris FIORITI and Maher Al Mounes
Local residentsv walk past a destroyed Russian personnel armoured carrier in the town of Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, on October 17, 2022, amid the Russian military invasion of Ukraine. (Anatolii Stepanov / AFP)
October 20, 2022, 2:12 pm
As Russian troops retreat, Ukrainians snap up their abandoned military gear
Warring countries are mostly using similar Soviet-era equipment, so Ukrainians often do not need much training to adopt what is left behind
By Didier Lauras and Joris FIORITI
Russian soldiers guard an area as a group of foreign journalists visit in Kherson, Kherson region, south Ukraine, May 20, 2022. (AP Photo, File)
October 6, 2022, 8:35 pm
Ukraine says it recaptured swaths of Kherson region as Zelensky urges more EU help
Military spokesperson says troops liberated over 400 square kilometers in southern region that was quickly taken over by Moscow at start of invasion
By Dmytro Gorshkov and Joris FIORITI
Roman Gerstein, 83, poses in front of the synagogue of Kryvyj Rig, central Ukraine, on September 22, 2022, amid the Russian invasion. (Genya Savilov/AFP)
September 25, 2022, 8:34 am
Ukraine is ‘not Nazi,’ say Holocaust survivors who live there in message to Putin
Rejecting Moscow’s ‘de-Nazification’ claims, Jews in Kryvyi Rig recall living through Nazi German occupation and Soviet persecution; one calls Russian leader ‘worse than Hitler’
By Joris FIORITI
Servicemen of Donetsk People's Republic militia walk past damaged vehicles during heavy fighting in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, on April 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)
April 21, 2022, 2:54 pm
Putin claims ‘liberation’ of Mariupol, but orders troops not to storm last holdout
PMs of Spain, Denmark visit Kyiv in latest show of Western support as Biden hails Ukraine for resisting invasion: ‘They’re tougher and more proud than I thought’
By Joris FIORITI and Joshua MELVIN
An elderly woman walks in a hallway at the Mercy House shelter for people in need, on the outskirts of Dnipro on April 15, 2022. (Ed Jones/AFP)
April 18, 2022, 4:33 am
‘This is my third war’: Ukraine’s elderly are conflict’s forgotten victims
Older people are more vulnerable during war due to their physical health, isolation, limited mobility, advocates say
By Joris FIORITI
Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) servicemen enter a building during an operation to arrest suspected Russian collaborators in Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
April 15, 2022, 4:08 am
Russia’s Black Sea flagship sinks after blast Kyiv says was a missile strike
Moscow says warship’s sinking caused by exploding ammunition, ‘choppy seas’; Kremlin accuses Ukraine of targeting civilians for the 1st time
By Joris FIORITI
Men walk in a street destroyed by shelling in Chernihiv, Ukraine, on April 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
April 14, 2022, 8:26 am
Moscow threatens to strike Kyiv after Russian flagship ‘seriously damaged’
International prosecutors touring Bucha say Ukraine is a ‘crime scene’; new $800 million US military aid package includes helicopters and armored personnel carriers
By Joris FIORITI
Russia's President Vladimir Putin appears on a television screen at the stock market in Frankfurt, Germany, Feb. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
March 6, 2022, 1:03 pm
As Russian assault intensifies, Ukraine seems to dominate global information war
Ukrainian government fighting on military and social media fronts against Russia; videos of stiff resistance circulate online; Zelensky’s daily addresses become viral sensations
By Joris FIORITI
Supporters of French far right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen wave flags during a campaign rally, Feb. 5, 2022 in Reims, eastern France (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
February 9, 2022, 11:39 am
Far-right brings Islam to center stage in French elections, leaving Muslims uneasy
With Eric Zemmour and Marine Le Pen railing against their religion in frequent diatribes, many French Muslims fear such rhetoric has been normalized
By Cecile Feuillatre and Joris FIORITI
In this image from the Free Ramy Shaath Facebook page, Ramy Shaath poses for a picture on January 2, 2015, in Cairo, Egypt. (Free Ramy Shaath Facebook page via AP, File)
January 28, 2022, 4:14 am
After being freed from jail, Palestinian activist denounces Egypt as ‘a big cell’
Ramy Shaath, son of a top PLO official, was a leading figure in 2011 Egypt uprising and director of local BDS chapter; was jailed on charges of aiding a ‘terrorist organization’
By Selim SAHEB ETTABA and Joris FIORITI
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